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'''Aina''' means "holy".
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'''''aina''''' ('''''ayanā''''') means "to hallow, bless, treat as holy" in [[Quenya]]. ''airi-'' or ''aina'' means "holy, revered, numinous", also in Quenya.<ref name=Eldarin>{{PE|Eldarin}}, p. 149</ref>


Example: [[Ainur]]: "Holy One"
==Etymology==
*[[Sundocarme|Root]] [[AYA]]<ref name=Eldarin/>


==References==
==Cognates==
* [[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]
*[[Quenya]] ''[[ainur]]''
*[[Quenya]] ''[[Airë|aire]]''


[[Category:Quenya words]]
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[[Category:Quenya verbs]]
[[Category:Quenya adjectives]]

Latest revision as of 14:55, 13 March 2014

aina (ayanā) means "to hallow, bless, treat as holy" in Quenya. airi- or aina means "holy, revered, numinous", also in Quenya.[1]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

Cognates[edit | edit source]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings: Eldarin Roots and Stems", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 149